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DHS warns of online scams ahead of the Olympic Games
Homeland Security officials are warning fans of the Olympic Games to be wary of online hackers, who take advantage of highly-publicized events and popular news stories to entice users to click on malicious links that download viruses or prompt for credit card information.
Tags: Olympics , Cybersecurity Update , malware , DHS , technology , Federal Drive
"Emerging Technologies" Cybersecurity - Geospatial - Big Data - Virtualization - Mobility Trends
December 13th at 12pm
Program will discuss Updates & Progress on Emerging Technologies (Cybersecurity-Geospatial-Big Data-Virtualization & Mobility Trends), Best Practices & Benefits of Technologies, Challenges or major hurdles to still overcome, and A Vision for The Future.
Tags: Jerry Davis , Joseph Klimavicz , Frank Konieczny , Martin Roesch , Gary Newgaard , technology , Federal Executive Forum , virtualization , Nick Combs
DHS buys software as part of Einstein 3 deployment
The department signs an enterprise license agreement for messaging software for all civilian agency networks as part of the intrusion detection system. Congress gave DHS $443 million for cybersecurity in the 2012 budget.
Tags: technology , DHS , Jason Miller
New cyber strategy coordinates $1B in R&D efforts
The White House released the new plan to focus on four broad areas to improve cybersecurity in the government and in the private sector. Howard Schmidt, the White House cyber coordinator, said agencies will issue RFPs and RFIs to meet the strategy's goals.
Tags: technology , Howard Schmidt , Office of Science and Technology Policy , research and development , Jason Miller
NIST, DHS trying to tame cyber workforce definitions
Agencies, vendors can comment until Friday on the draft standard describing cybersecurity workers. A common definition will help agencies classify who is a cyber worker.
Tags: cybersecuirty update , Workforce , Government Business Council , Hord Tipton , (ISC)² , DHS , Peggy Maxson , Angela Curry , National Initiative for Cyber Education , NIST , Emily Kopp
Cyber alert: beware of Poison Ivy email
Hackers are sending out malware disguised as a file in an email from security firm Symantec.
Tags: cybersecuirty update , malware , hackers , Symantec
Will changing IT terminology make your computers safer?
Changing Internet terminology may help to protect your computers.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , Internet , technology , Federal Drive
Government Big Data Solutions Award winners announced
USA Search, which hosts search services over more than 500 government sites, topped the list of award winners presented by CTOlabs.com.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Federal Drive
Illinois water pump shutdown not a cyber attack, FBI says
After an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, officials determined that Russian hackers did not disable an Illinois water pump.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , Federal Drive , DHS , FBI , Internet , technology
FBI probe finds Nasdaq easy target for hackers
While Nasdaq's basic computer architecture was found to be sound, some computers had out-of-date software, misconfigured firewalls and uninstalled security patches.
Tags: NASDAQ , cybersecuirty update , FBI , Federal Drive
